In 1961, Lou Holterman and James “Hub” Hart became the first two inductees into the Northeast Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame (HOF). Since that time, many other local greats have been enshrined along side them. Below is a list of inductees and the years in which they were inducted:<\/p>\n
1961: Lou Holterman, James “Hub” Hart
\n1962: Max Carey, Eugene “Bubbles” Hargrave, Everett Scott, Bill Wambsganss
\n1963: Earl Bolyard, Ralph Miller, George Nill, Herman Tieman
\n1964: William “Pinky” Hargrave, Jess Runser, Andy Woehr, Butch Henline
\n1965: John “Red” Braden, Rolla Zeider, Charles “Chick” Stahl
\n1966: Edward “Red” Carrington, William Hildinger
\n1967: Joe Henry, Orley Blauvelt, Fred Romary
\n1968: Robert A. Reed, Jock Somerlott, Kenneth Wattier
\n1969: Bruff Cleary, Dick West, John Forney
\n1970: Fred “Cy” Alberts, Chuck Bobilya, George Beach, Sal Madrid, Mel Kestner
\n1971: Bob Arnold, Ralph Harwood, Bill Brandt, Walter “Lefty” Schweizer
\n1972: Glen “Zulu” Bolyard, Bob Mooney, Chuck Neol, George Weberus
\n1973: Art Bartels, Vern Krauss, Harold McGary, Louis “Jap” Voirol
\n1974: Carl Blauvelt, Charlie Koons, Harry “Mike” Freese
\n1975: Ned Garver, Sal Cuttitta, Gunnar Elliot, Gene Englehart, Herbert Huth
\n1976: Charles Shipman, Bob Parker, Scott Cary, Parnell Hisner
\n1977: John Ramp, Gene Runser, Paul “Hank” Doehrman, Bob Baker
\n1978: John Carpenter, Lawrence “Porky” Slater, John Minser, Dee Hamilton
\n1979: George Langenberg, Bob Stafford, Paul “Oz” Bolyard, Bruce Hamilton
\n1980: Bill Beery, Bill Bower, Dick McComb, Ralph Troyer, Howard Korn
\n1981: John Nill, Charlie McAfee, Corky Conrad, Snitz Schneider, Bill Haynes
\n1982: Mike Lemish, Otto Rodenbeck, Luke Majorki, Jim Saxton, Wayne Schurr
\n1983: Ross Aiken
\n1984: Bud Kurtz, Marvin “Lefty” Reynolds, Virgil Feeney, Bruce Miller
\n1985: Carl “Molly” Mies, Steve Krull, Joe Hanchar, Wally Bartels, Burdette Hall
\n1986: Bob Schremser, Barney Meyers, Merle Shively, John Lombardo, Ralph Werling
\n1987: Jim McCrea, Ron Burgette, Bob Bolyard, Larry Whetstone, Norman Kramer
\n1988: Denver Howard, Jack Hornberger, Mel Held, Roger Gaskill
\n1989: Milton Johnson, Jim Baker, Gerry Hisner, Stu Martin, Ed “Lefty” Berwert, Eric Hall
\n1990: Cecil “Lefty” Burns, Norm Ellenberger, Walter Bonham, Max Miller, Niles “Bud” Fry
\n1991: Ron Gersmehl, Chuck Huwer, Bob Mumma, Pete Stammen
\n1992-1997: No Inductees
\n1998: Bob Beber, John Grantham, Tony Martone, Jack Massucci, Chris Stavreti
\n1999: Dottie Collins, Colin Lister, Pinky Stellhorn, Joanne Weaver
\n2000: Dave Beber, Bill McColly, Art Pinnow, Clint Wickensheimer
\n2001: Dale W. “Mr. Mac” McMillen St., George R. Glick, Larry “Windy” Windmiller
\n2002: Feroen Betts, Vivian “Kelly” Kellogg, Maxine Kline, Joseph S. McComb, Dottie Schroeder
\n2003: Steve Hargan, Bill Jones, Brent Gaff, Katie Horstman
\n2004: Wilma “Briggsie” Briggs, Matt Kinzer, Olan Smith, Tom Sahn
\n2005: Steve Reed, Jean Geissinger Harding, Larry Koehl, Betty Weaver Foss
\n2006: Russ Johnston, Michael Roesler, Thelma Eisen
\n2007: Dave Doster; Dave Bischoff; June “Pep” Peppas
\n2008: Dick Crumback, Bill Derbyshire, Doug Bair
\n2009: Keith Shepherd, Eric Wedge, Gerry Tilker
\n2010: Carl Erskine, Brian Reith, Gary Rodgers
\n2011: Rob Bowen, Ben VanRyn, Steve Warden
\n2012: Dave Switzer, Don Sherman, Ford Frick
\n2013: Ray Miller, Don Graham
\n2014: Louis Heilbroner
\n2015: Andy Owen, Leo Ochoa, Harold Greiner
\n2016: Doug Neuenschwander, Mark Parker, Mark Stultz
\n2017: Lance Herschberger, Eldon Hullinger, Kelby Weybright
\n2018: Randy Lewandowski, Jim Shovlin, Lee DeTurk
\n2019: Mike Nutter, Mike Marchesano, Mike Frame
\n2020: No Inductees
\n2021: Caleb Kimmel, Matt Brumbaugh, Mark Grove
\n2022: Dave Ginder, Dean Lehrman, Steve Finken
\n2023: Jarrett Grube, Kip McWilliams
\n2024: Mike Dull, Rich Dunno, Pat “Bubba” McMahon
\n2025: Jay Grate, Fred Inniger, Jon Stevens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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